Documenting and sharing my adventures as I strive to connect with myself by creating honest music and connect with everyone else by sharing said creations. Keeping an ear to the ground-breaking.

Saturday, June 24, 2017

DJ BMO & AllOne debut collaboration with "Anima Mundi" Remix!

DJ BMO aka Kyle Banks, who has been my DJ pretty officially since January 2016, just released his second EP "Phantasy"! It is a MUST LISTEN! Especially for fans of EDM, Hip-Hop, electronica, dubstep, party music or any good hip hop. I feel "Phantasy" is an improvement from his already impressive "Bento Box" EP from last year. Kyle is one of the most hard working and driven artists I know. He is always pushing his craft, performing more nights a week than not and often creating new material for these sets constantly. He rarely plays the same set twice and he is always doing something new and interesting. Somehow in all the times we've performed together we have yet to collaborate...until now that is!
On "Phantasy" Kyle remixed Gramatik's "Anima Mundi" for a closing song and did me the honor of asking me to rap on it. He entrusted me with complete creative freedom. That's a dangerous thing to tell me. Two weeks of writing and reciting later, I recorded the track with Franky Bones and sent Kyle the track. Luckily, he loves it. And I do too. I have provided the lyrics below, with some links to send you on some journeys to my references, some obvious, some a little obscure. I feel this song sort of puts many of my favorite writing tools to use and I'm really happy with a lot of the new approaches and the journey that happens in the ebbing and flowing dynamics along the three movements in the song. Grateful that someone like Kyle can make music that can move a crowd and still appreciate the merits of a more niche strain of hip-hop and poetry that can bring the listener on an intellectual and emotional quest. I feel like we achieved that mobility and engaging experience here and I can't wait for us to collaborate again.

About Me

I'm a lyricist, recording artist and performer. I write and release records under the moniker "AllOne". I create purely with my mind and heart in an attempt to make sense of my experiences and share them to either distract people from their problems or to help them overcome them. I genuinely desire to change the world for the better through my everyday social interactions and my musical endeavors. Thank you for taking your time to support the AllOne family and I!